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What China could've done differently in the Treaty of Nanjing to benefit them - Noah

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What China could've done differently in the Treaty of Nanjing to benefit them - Noah

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The Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking) was signed on August 29th 1842, this treaty was between the United kingdom of Great Britain, China, and Ireland, it was extremely one sided, but in my opinion it could have been equally as useful, and could have had a better impact on China. For example, when China practically gave away Hong Kong to Britain, they could have gave it away but for a large price. Hong Kong is a very valuable city and they could have reeled in some big bucks for it. When China gave British citizens access to five ports for trading instead of one, they could have benefited from that. They should, and could have made a profit out of this. They could have asked for a portion of the goods or money the British made off of any of their trades, bringing in a ton of revenue helping out the chinese economy. When the British were given the right to be tried in Britain instead of China, they could have made them pay to get out of China. For example, say a British citizen was caught smuggling drugs in China, in order to be tried in Britain, there would be a fee paid for to do so. That was the crime rate would go down, and they would make more money doing so.

This cartoon shows what the British are technically doing to the Chinese. With China just allowing them to do so, it represents their side of the treaty of Nanjing

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Test questions:

1. What were three of the main things that British got out of the Treaty of Nanjing that benefited them more than oit benefited China?

2. Why was it a bad idea for China to allow the British to be able to trade in five ports opposed to one?

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China did not want the opiums to get into China, but they did. They believed that the opiums were bad and had no benefit for China. Opium would destroy China from the Inside and make it corrupt and weak. Allowing Europe to easily take over China, but not only that, it would destroy the economy substantially. People would spend all their money on the opiums, but there was no way to tax that, because the Europeans were just coming in and selling it. Not only would Europe get all the profit, but all the money that China gave out to the people, they were not gaining anything back from the people buying the drugs. China had no other choice but to only try and make peace verbally, Europe's army was so powerful compared to the Chinese army, making them have no chance of defeating them physically. The opiums were destroying the people inside of China and this could hurt the future of China, because they were destroying the minds of the people and they would spend all their money on drugs.

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Why was opium such a bid deal for Europe?
Europe would prosper with all the money their economy would increase exponentially

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China was a very self-sufficient country before European imperialism hit. It was essentially the center of the world and there was no question as to why other countries so desperately wanted to be part of their growing economy. There was no need for the Europeans to come in and disrupt the booming economy and self-reliance. China had very little interest in trading with western countries, especially those in Europe. China only allowed one area in which westerners were allowed to trade, a place known as Guangzhou located in southern China. Other than here, businessmen from Western countries were not allowed to conduct any business with China. The Chinese economy was so successful due to the fact that it’s exports were larger and gained the country more money than it’s imports. The main products and goods that Europe (Britain in particular) was after included tea,silk, and porcelain. Tea was a very important staple in Britain during this time (and still is). This was the main product that sparked Britain's interest in China.China did not need any help from European Countries and Europe should not have started doing illegal opium business with them. Europe’s goal was to find a product that China would need and start exploiting this all over the country. As soon as they started selling Opium they began disrupting the continuously growing Chinese Economy.

Before European imperialism China had clearly  been doing very well for itself and was becoming quite powerful. There were also some issues however that were prominent. One was that there was a population issue and they were growing to be unable to provide for that many people. With a population issue, they became a weaker country. Also, drugs had been a prevalent issue in the country before British brought in Opium. Due to this they were very susceptible to becoming a pawn in Britain’s scheme and getting hooked on opium.

This political cartoon is revealing that multiple countries got together and split up China without the consent of China. They did not want European imperialism and Europe ignored that and did it anyways.

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The Boxer rebellion came towards the end of Imperialism in China and after the opium wars. It was a rebellion that was started because Chinese civilians sought to get rid of Western Influence in China. The first step in the rebellion was to create an organization that would run and lead it. This organization was called the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, however they became known as the Boxers. This was the reason it was given the name of the Boxer Rebellion. They first started to target the Chinese people that adapted a Christian religion because they were angry at them for taking part of western culture. Destroying churches and killing people were their main methods of rebellion. They then moved on to also killing foreigners. They were campaigning against the Dowager Empress's rule and the privilege of foreigners in China. They marched on Beijing in 1900, however a multinational force defeated the Boxers. This ended the rebellion and it was indeed a failure. The Boxer rebellion represented how much the people of China disliked European Imperialism. They tried to take charge and do something good for their country and unfortunately did not succeed, however their effort shows how much they cared.

This is a photograph of the Chinese Boxers. These were the people who took part in the famous Boxer rebellion and tried to stand up for what was right for their country.

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(i made this on a website but it would not let me copy it so here is a pic)

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Treaty of Nanjing, British perspective- Noah 

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Treaty of Nanjing, British perspective- Noah 

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The Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking) was signed on August 29th 1842, this treaty was between the United kingdom of Great Britain, China, and Ireland. This was China’s first “unequal” treaty. The Treaty of Nanjing was an extravagant peace treaty that ended the first Opium War. It ended up being a one sided treaty, and Britain benefited way more than China did. China stupidly gave Great Britain the territory of Hong Kong, this being stupid because it gave Britain a place in the west to start expansion.  British Merchants were now allowed to trade at five treaty ports opposed to one. They could trade with anyone they wanted, this was a poor decision for the Chinese because not only could the British use their land for trade, but with Britain now trading on their land, it would take away from their trading. More people in the ports would mean that the Chinese would not always get what they wanted. Also now that their access to trading was easier, it came with more smuggling drugs into China so that they can be traded. This treaty also benefited Britain because British citizens in China were given the right to be tried in British courts. This was a huge advantage towards the British because now less people would get arrested in China. Also since the trials are in Britain, they will be biased now, and most likely will go towards the British’ favor. British citizens in China were now permitted any rights that other country’s citizens would get if they were in China. Making it easier for them to one, get away with more stuff, and two gave them more rights in addition to making them feel welcome in China. This started to set up what was the western economic expansion in China. Other things that Britain obtained were, twenty one million ounces of silver for compensation, and fixed tariffs.

In this political cartoon it shows how Europe was bossing around China, and took advantage of them in the Treaty of Nanjing.

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Europe could benefit tremendously because they were able to sell these drugs to the Chinese people, without having to pay any extra money for taxes or tariffs. This was great for the Europeans because they could just walk into China, sometimes just sit outside the border, and sell the opiums without having to worry about taxes or getting in trouble. This would cause China to hate Europe but they could not do anything about it because the size of their army was extremely small, weak, and underdeveloped compared to the European army. Europe could freely sell these Opiums to Chinese citizens and they did not have to abide by the Chinese people. Since Europe was making a lot of money off of this, they would not just have them stop, they would fight so they could keep selling opiums in China.

I believe that the Opium crisis was bad for China but bad for Europe, this is because China was being destroyed, causing them to be corrupt. This was a huge dub for Europe they were able to make bank off of the Chinese people and not have to be worried about being overtaken or killed by China because they were able to defend themselves, because the size and the technology of their army was substantially better than China's.

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1) Why was China so mad when Europe started to try to take over and join their economy?
-Before Europe hd invaded and began trying to expand their power into China, China was an extremely self-sufficient country. The reason China was not happy with the imperialism simply was because they did not need it as their economy was already doing quite well.
2) What did the Boxer rebellion represent for the people of China?
-The Boxer Rebellion symbolized the strength of the Chinese. The Boxers were so passionate about getting the Europeans out of China that they started a full-on uprising. Although they eventually lost in the end, it still proved just how strongly they felt about imperialism.